Sergio Aguero makes Erling Haaland admission after Man City forward’s Virgil van Dijk battle

Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero has hinted that Erling Haaland could take time to adapt to English football after his underwhelming display in the Community Shield.

The Norwegian striker has arrived in the Premier League with plenty of hype following his £51million move from Borussia Dortmund earlier this summer.

Haaland will be expected to score lots of goals this season after scoring almost a goal a game during his time at Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.

All the neutral eyes were on how Haaland would adapt to a City side that has played without a recognised centre-forward since the Aguero days.

Haaland made his City bow on Saturday in the Community Shield versus Liverpool.

And Aguero thinks Haaland is “too used” to playing in the German top flight after Virgil van Dijk gave him a tough game in their 3-1 Community Shield loss to Liverpool on Saturday.

Speaking on his Twitch channel, the City icon suggested Haaland has not yet adapted to the step up in quality English defences will provide. Furthermore, he referenced the impact of Virgil van Dijk who by and large kept the Norwegian marksman quiet.

“He was too used to Germany,” said the ex-Argentina striker (via the Mirror).

“Haaland thought he was alone, then Van Dijk arrived and said ‘welcome to the Premier League’.”

It was clear from the off that a period of adaptation would be required for Haaland, regardless of his quality, as we’ve already discovered to a certain degree given the stylistic differences between Bundesliga and the Premier League.

Haaland scored 62 goals in 67 Bundesliga games across two and a half seasons for Dortmund and has been backed by bookmakers to finish as the Premier League’s top scorer in his debut campaign for City.

He will hope to emulate Aguero, who scored 23 league goals in his first season for the club after moving from Atletico Madrid in 2011 before going on to become their all-time record goal scorer.